Nebraska Travel Guide
Chimney Rock, Nebraska. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Nebraska's great natural show is the sandhill crane migration: a million birds funnel through the Platte River near Kearney each March, one of the world's great wildlife spectacles. The Sandhills' grass-stabilized dunes cover a quarter of the state.
The Oregon Trail's landmarks survive: Chimney Rock, Scotts Bluff, the Archway over I-80 at Kearney. Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo is consistently ranked America's best; Lincoln's Memorial Stadium holds 90,000 on Saturdays.
Destinations in Nebraska
Sandhill crane migrationMarch on the Platte near Kearney; book blinds months ahead.
Henry Doorly Zoo, OmahaThe Desert Dome and the Lied Jungle; America's top-ranked zoo.
Chimney RockThe Oregon Trail's most famous landmark.- Scotts BluffThe trail landmark with the summit road.
- Old Market, OmahaThe brick warehouse district's restaurants and galleries.
- Carhenge, AllianceThe 1987 Stonehenge replica built from 39 vintage cars.
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Top Cities & towns in Nebraska
Regional food
- Runza (the beef-and-cabbage sandwich, the state chain)
- Reuben (invented in Omaha in 1925, by most accounts)
- Dorothy Lynch dressing (the Nebraska-born French dressing)
Getting there
Omaha (OMA) and Lincoln (LNK) are the gateways. The crane blinds at Kearney are 3 hours west of Omaha; the panhandle landmarks are a full day's drive.